Christy Weller just missed another meet win in the girls race. The freshman took second at Gardner with a 13:12 time.

The Chieftains overall finished third out of seven teams. Eudora finished first with a score of 31 as Gardner placed second with 55. Tonganoxie's score was 61.

All of Tonganoxie's runners finished in the top 20 out of 38 runners.

Jennifer Wagner was Tonganoxie's No. 2 runner with a 10th-place finish. Her time was 14:29. Megan Holton finished 15th with a 15:14 time, while Kait Saathoff was 16th with a 15:23 time. Kelley Stauch placed 18th for the Chieftains (15:28), while Kezia Huseman was 19th (15:29).

The Chieftains now will turn their attention to the Mill Valley Invitational on Thursday at Shawnee Mission Park.

And next week, the Chieftains will compete at the Kaw Valley League meet.

Mill Valley and Lansing are the teams to beat. With De Soto now in the Frontier League, Williams thinks Tonganoxie's girls could take third behind Mill Valley and LHS, although the Lions have run short-handed this season.

"Lansing only has five runners," Williams said. "Lansing hasn't had a full team several times this season.